________ , an Arab-born Morocco scholar, travelled from Morocco to India.

(a)

Marco Polo

(b)

Al Beruni

(c)

Domingo Paes

(d)

Ibn Battuta

Who was the last ruler Vijayalaya line of Chola dyanasty?

(a)

VeeraRajendra

(b)

Rajadhiraja

(c)

AthiRajendra

(d)

Rajaraja II

The magnitude of an earthquake is measured by ________.

(a)

Seismograph

(b)

Richter scale

(c)

Ammeter

(d)

Rotameter

________ are not associated with wave erosion

(a)

Cliff

(b)

Sea arch

(c)

Stack

(d)

Beaches

Which one of the following is comes under political Equality?

(a)

Right to petition the government and criticize public policy.

(b)

Removal of inequality based on race, colour, sex and caste.

(c)

All are equal before the law.

(d)

Prevention of concentration of wealth in the hands of law.

Single-party system is found in _______.

(a)

India

(b)

U.S.A

(c)

France

(d)

China

Primary factors are _______.

(a)

land, capital

(b)

capital, labour

(c)

land, labour

(d)

none of these

Name the Bahmani King who was a linguist and a poet.

(a)

Ala-ud-din Hasan Shah

(b)

Muhammad I

(c)

Sultan Firoz

(d)

Mujahid

Who was the revenue minister of Akbar?

(a)

Birbal

(b)

Raja Bhagwan Das

(c)

Raja Todarmal

(d)

Raja Man Singh

Who proclaimed wars and freed Malwa and Gujarat from Mughal domination?

(a)

Balaji Vishwanath

(b)

Bajirao

(c)

Balaji Bajirao

(d)

Shahu

Electricity produced from coal is called _______.

(a)

Thermal Power

(b)

Nuclear power

(c)

Solar power

(d)

Hydel power

In which district courtallam waterfalls is located?

(a)

Dharmapuri

(b)

Tirunelveli

(c)

Namakkal

(d)

Theni

What are the three branches of the state government?

(a)

Mayor governor, MLA

(b)

Panchayat, municipality, corporation

(c)

Village, City, State

(d)

Legislative, executive and judiciary

Who spread the Bhakthi ideology in northern India and made it a mass movement?

(a)

Vallabhacharya

(b)

Ramanujar

(c)

Ramananda

(d)

Surdas

Where is the Azhakiya Nambi Temple situated?

(a)

Tirukkurungudi

(b)

Madurai

(c)

Tirunelveli

(d)

Srivilliputhur

______ are the longest rivers in North America.

(a)

The Mississippi and Missouri rivers

(b)

The Mackenzieriver

(c)

The St. Lawrence river

(d)

The Colorado river

Activities that reduce the effects of disaster ______.

(a)

Preparation

(b)

Response

(c)

Mitigation

(d)

Recovery

Why are girls more likely than boys to miss out on secondary education in the developing world?

(a)

Because of high school fees, only boys are sent to school

(b)

Girls are expected to help out at home

(c)

Child Marriage restricts girls mobility and freedom

(d)

All of the above

Mixing other extraneous material of inferior quality with a superior quality material is called _______.

(a)

Purification

(b)

Adulteration

(c)

Refinement

(d)

Alteration

Income tax is a ______.

(a)

direct tax

(b)

indirect tax

(c)

a & b

(d)

degressive tax